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1 The treatment of Chronic Low back pain following the principles of the fascial distortion Modell (FDM) A quasi experimental study Master Thesis to obtain the degree Master of Science in Osteopathy at the Donau Universit t Krems submitted at the Wiener Schule f r Osteopathie by Rainer Engel Vienna, May 2009 2 DECLARATION Hereby I declare that I have written the present master thesis on my own. I have clearly marked as quotes all parts of the text that I have copied literally or rephrased from published or unpublished works of other authors. All sources and references I have used in writing this thesis are listed in the bibliography. No thesis with the same content was submitted to any other examination board before. _____ _____ Date Signature 3 Abstract BACKGROUND: Chronic Low back pain (CLBP) is a burden for a high percentage of people and therefore a major field of activity for osteopaths.

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1 1 The treatment of Chronic Low back pain following the principles of the fascial distortion Modell (FDM) A quasi experimental study Master Thesis to obtain the degree Master of Science in Osteopathy at the Donau Universit t Krems submitted at the Wiener Schule f r Osteopathie by Rainer Engel Vienna, May 2009 2 DECLARATION Hereby I declare that I have written the present master thesis on my own. I have clearly marked as quotes all parts of the text that I have copied literally or rephrased from published or unpublished works of other authors. All sources and references I have used in writing this thesis are listed in the bibliography. No thesis with the same content was submitted to any other examination board before. _____ _____ Date Signature 3 Abstract BACKGROUND: Chronic Low back pain (CLBP) is a burden for a high percentage of people and therefore a major field of activity for osteopaths.

2 The present study introduces the fascial distortion Modell (FDM) and observes the efficacy of treatments following its principles . METHODS: In a quasi experimental study 22 probands suffering from CLBP are twice treated following the principles of the FDM and are repeatedly tested for their functional status (ODI), pain (VAS), finger-floor distance and intake of analgesics. Three pre- treatment measurements act as base line values and are compared with two post- treatment measurements. RESULTS: All four parameters statistically significant change for the better. Mean functional status measured by means of the ODI improves from 20, 64 to 12, 75. Mean VAS results drop from 3, 57 to 1, 43. Mean finger-floor distance is reduced from 8, 2 cm to 4, 7 cm in the first treatment respectively from 6, 6 cm to 4, 1 cm in the second treatment . Also the number of probands taking analgesics is reduced during study period CONCLUSION: A treatment following the principles of the FDM is efficacious in treating patients suffering with CLBP.

3 4 Table of contents 1. Introduction 6 2. Chronic Low back pain (CLBP) 9 Definition of Chronic Low back pain 9 Epidemiology of CLBP 10 Causes of CLBP 12 treatment of CLBP 16 Traction 16 Spinal manipulative therapy and mobilisation for CLBP 17 Osteopathic treatment of CLBP 19 3.

4 The fascial distortion Modell (FDM) 23 Definition, function and dysfunction of fascia 24 Principal types of fascial Distortions 26 Triggerbands 26 Herniated Triggerpoints (HTPs) 28 Continuum Distortions 29 Folding Distortions 31 Cylinder Distortions 33 Tectonic Fixations 35 Studies about the efficacy of the FDM 35 4.

5 Methods 39 General Information 39 Reasons for choosing the repeated measures design 39 Operating procedure 40 Inclusion and exclusion criteria 41 Procedure/Modus operandi 42 Pre- treatment period 42 Initial medical examination 43 Active mobility tests 43 Measurement of finger-floor distance 43 First treatment 44 Inter- treatment period 44 Second treatment 44 Post- treatment period 44 5.

6 The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) 45 6. Descriptive analysis of the sample 46 Gender distribution 46 Age distribution 46 Medical diagnoses 47 7. Results 48 Changes of the intake of analgesics during study period 48 Changes of the functional status during study period 49 Changes of the ODI scores for the worse half of patients 51 Changes of VAS results during study period 52 Ad hoc changes of VAS results before and after treatments 55 Changes of the finger-floor distance 57 8.

7 Discussion 59 9. Bibliography 62 10. Appendix 67 Table of abbreviations 67 Table of diagrams and pictures 69 Letter to patients and Questionnaire 70 61. Introduction Epidemiological studies show that the life-time prevalence of low back pain (LBP) is up to 84% (European Guidelines for the management of Chronic low back pain [EGMCLBP] 2005) and is therefore a common burden for nearly everyone. LBP is not only a personal but also an economic problem: in the United States LBP leads to an estimated loss of 149 million workdays annually (Guo, 1999). Medical physicians, physiotherapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage therapists as well as osteopaths are typical care providers in cases of low back pain (Cote, 2005).

8 Despite the different treatments those care providers can offer the majority of patients suffering from LBP chooses not to seek care (Walker, 2004 / Mortimer, 2003 / Balague, 2007). Out of those people who seek care the majority chooses the general practitioner (30%), or a combination of GP and physiotherapist (55%; Cote, 2005). Although the quoted studies describe the situation in Australia I dare say that the situation is pretty the same in Austria: the medical physician is surely the first port of call. Nevertheless in the osteopathic practise the majority of patients seek our help because of Chronic low back pain (CLBP). They are being referred from general practitioners or orthopaedists for several diagnoses such as disc herniation (protrusion, prolaps, ), vertebrostenosis, spondylarthrosis or Chronic lumbago. Most of them have already undergone x-ray and MRI to find the exact cause of their pain .

9 Given the findings of the radiologist it should be easy to meliorate the patient s symptoms: stretch where tissues are to short, release and relax tissues that have too much tension, improve blood circulation for better nutrition of the tissue and so on. So far so good - unfortunately when I am doing my examination on those patients, I often realize that my clinical osteopathical findings do not really match the existing diagnosis. Especially in elderly patients MRI often show multiple lesions of each and every disc. Which of these lesions is causing the pain ? Is it only one or is it the combination of all existing (visible) lesions harming the patient? 7 The MRI offers a perfect snap shot and reveals the current state of the patients spine. But it does not reveal the source of the patients pain without any doubt: As the pathological changes in the spine do not form all of a sudden but took time to develop, the degeneration of the vertebrae and discs might have existed long before the patient complains about pain .

10 (I will refer to respective radiological studies in chapter ) What was the last straw? What was the additional stress, which led to the patient feeling pain ? As far as answering these questions is concerned the common morphology-based explanation of the pathogenesis of LBP (blaming degenerative processes of bone, discs and ligaments for the pain ) falls short. With the fascial distortion Model (FDM) Stephen Typaldos suggests a new approach to musculo-sceletal injuries and pain , using a totally different perception of pathogenesis of pain . In his model Typaldos (2002) ignores degeneration, lesions or injuries of the tissues depicted by imaging techniques, and states that the fascial system is the major contributor of pain . following Typaldos (2002) therapists shall only treat distortions of fasciae and by doing so help restore pain -free conditions for the patient.


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